Cattywampus (adj)
kat-ee-wam-pus
Askew, awry. / posititioned diagonally.
First recorded in 1830–40 for earlier sense “utterly”; cata- diagonally + -wampus. Variation of catawampus.
Example sentences
“she’d positioned the sofa all cattywampus.”
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